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trickle noun. L16.
[from the verb.]
A slowly flowing drop; a thin halting stream (as) of liquid. Freq. foll. by of.
F. O'Connor Another trickle of people came out of the Odeon. C. Mungoshi Water..flowed in a very thin trickle over..pebbles. J. C. Oates A trickle of perspiration ran down her forehead. A. Cohen The trickle of political exiles..had become a steady stream.
Comb.: trickle-charge verb trans. charge with a trickle charger; trickle charger Electricity a device for charging a storage battery at a low rate over a long period; trickle irrigation Agriculture: involving the supply of a controlled restricted flow of water to a number of points in a cultivated area.
tricklet noun a small trickle L19.